Herald and news., June 19, 1944, Page 10, Image 10

FACE TEN
.ERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
GERMAN AIR
BASES STRUCK
I
RAID
By GLADWIN HILL
SUPREME HEADQUAKTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 19 VPh- U- S.
heavy bombers 500 to 700 strong
hammered Hitler's rocket-bomo
launching area at Pas-de-Calais
today as more of the pilotless
explosives hurtled over into Eng
land, and other big allied planes
struck heavily at German air
bases in southwestern France.
Fighter- bombers, attacking
at the rate of one a minute,
drove home a three-play assault
in direct support of the invasion
forces. One wave pounded
trapped German forces on north
ern Cherbourg peninsula. An
other battered communication
routes to the southeast over
which the nazis were trying to
reinforce their armored divisions
in the Tilly-Caen sector. The
third stream bombed the area
north of Paris, disrupting enemy
reinforcement lines.
The American heavy bombers
slashed at rocket installations
after a night assault by the RAF,
in which one plane was lost, and
a raid in the same area Sunday
by 250 big U. S. bombers.
Other lormations hit airfield
targets including Bordeaux-Mer-ignac,
Cazaux, west of Bordeaux,
and Come Ecluse near the coast
west of Cognac.
A rare stretch of bad June
weather still was hampering air
operations.
. Fighter-bombers blasted to
pieces one concentration of sev
eral hundred Germans. Col.
Donald Blakeslee's U. .S. Mus
tang group saw what looked like
a big procession of citizens out
'tor a ride in horse shays, but
'-when the pilots "buzzed" the
.cavalcade for a closer look, Ger--rnan
soldiers dived for cover.
The ammunition-loaded "shays"
were sent up in a string of fire
cracker explosions while horses
scampered across the fields.
, The Germans apparently are
making increased use of horse
drawn vehicles, indicating per
haps a shortage of motor ve
hicles or necessity of using
'horses to go over or around bat
tered roads.
, PORTLAND, June 19 (VP)
Oregon went into the second
week of the Fifth War Loan cam
paign today with 10.5 per cent
of the" $125,000,000 quota sub
scribed compared to 6 per cent
for - the same, period in the
Fourth War Loan drive. Sales
total $13,111,504.
'Multnomah county has sub
scribed $7,383,658 of the total
compared with $3,707,485 in the
first week of the $99,000,000
Fourth War Loan drive.
; E. C. Sammons, state chairman
. of the Oregon War Finance com
mittee, issued this statement:
"I am highly gratified by the
fine spirit and remarkable
energy evidenced by our solicit
ors. However, I wish to warn
against over-optimism since we
still have 90 per cent of the
race to run. 'Any let down of
effort at this time could prove
extremely embarrassing later in
the race ..."
Dean Granted Leave
To Study Postwar
Physical Education
EUGENE, June 19 (fP) Dr.
Ralph W. Leighton, dean of the
University of Oregon's -school of
physical education,' has been
granted a sabbatical leave of
absence " for the fall term to
carry out research for Oregon's
postwar physical education pro
gram. .. .
He will visit all important
physical education training cen-
ters in military, establishments
and schools to study latest de
velopments. In his' absence, H.
E. Hoyman, associate professor
of physical education, will serve
as acting. dean. . ; ,.,
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' Each hair of a caribou's coat
is a nine quia iiiled with air.
When swimmincr iho animnt
stands far out of the water, and
even wnen snot does not sink.
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Lt.-A. H. Patterson, Midland
who is home on overseas leave.
was one of the
first volunteer
marine torpedo
bomber pitots
to fire airborne
rocket guns on
Japanese ships
and gun em
placements. Known ns the
"Rockettes" the
squadron used
the new rock
ets, which the
men described
as "shells with
wings and
mighty fast" in
20 out of 42 missions from bases
on Bougainville and" Green is
land. They were credited with
sinking two destroyers and two
supply ships and a largo number
of barges, according to a story
in the Los Angeles Times.
Their commander is Lt, Col.
Alben C. Robertson of Fulton,
Ky.
Lt. Patterson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Patterson of
Midland.
WOMEN IN
SERVICE;
Route 3, Klamath Falls. His
wife, Mrs. Abbie T. Wright,
lives in Charlotte. N. C. He was
a woodworker with the Kalpine
Plywood company before his en
listment in the AAF oh Decem
ber 7, 1941, the day of Pearl
Harbor.,
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LAKEVIEW .' From some
where in New Guinea comes
word that TSgt. Everett N. Ver
non of Lakevlcw has been award
ed an Oak Leaf Cluster for
"meritorious achievement" while
participating i n operational
tlight missions in the southwest
Pacific. The award - was made
by Lieut. Gen. George C. Den
ney, commander of the allied
air forces in that theatre.
The decoration is in addition
to a previous award of the Air
Medal. The operations in which
Sgt. Vernon has participated
have played a major role in
General MacArthurs offensive
against the Japanese.
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LAKEVIEW Alfred James
Stinson, 30, of Lakeview, has
been named nonor man of. nis
company upon completion of re
cruit training at the U. S. naval
training station at Farragut,
Idaho. Before entering the
navy. Stinson was employed by
the Goose Lake Box company.
He was chosen honor -man on
the basis of high averages in
recruit training.
School Coat Multiplies
The number of pupils in U. S.
public schools has nearly doub
led in me last 44 years, while
cost of education has increased
22 times. It cost $5.15 to educate
a pupil in 1880, now the cost
averages $109.
Yank Invasion Casualties
Number 15,800 in 1 1 Days
By DON WHITEHEAD
WITH AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, Juno 1 (.'1') The
American army had 3283 killed
and 12.H00 wounded in opening
the western front in Normandy,
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley stud
today. ,
Tho total of 15.883 casualties
was for tho first 11 days of the
campaign, and included reports
up to midnight last night. Gen.
Bradley said.
He paid high tribute to tho
courage of doughboys in estab
lishing tho 'beachhead on tho
European continent.
' Tho tall, tunned Mlssourlun,
looking extremely fit and in
good spirits, appeared before
beachhead correspondents in a
group for the first timo to dis
cuss tho campaign. -
Bradley said casualties on the
central beachhead, where the
American first division and ele
ments of the 2t)th division hunt
ed, had run higher than antici
pated, but that casualties in the
peninsula area to tho west hud
been lower than anticipated.
This casualty .report confirm
ed Bradley's confidence before
the invasion when he predicted
that tho continent could bo in
vaded without creating the
bloodbath which the enemy in
sisted would result and which
many persons expected.
' Bradley's first words to the
correspondents who gathered in
the tent under tho shade of a
huge beech tree were in praise
of his doughboys and pnrachuto
troops and their leaders.
"Only by guts, valor aiul ex
treme bravery on . tho part ot
tho men and their lemti'i's In
volved were wo able to make tint
landings u success," he sulci, "unci
I cunnot mi.v ton much for Iho
parachute troops who dropped
In tho rear and made the Job
easier fur tho bench troops. They
did u marvelous Job." ,
Tho general disclosed that
since D-Duy thero hud been two
critical periods when tho Ger
mans might have created n ser
ious situation by an attack in
force.
Tho first period, ho said, wus
when tho doughboys fighting
their wuy ashore in the central
beachhead were encountering u
reinforced nail division. This
was where tho first division and
supporting elements of tho lillth
fought their historic beach buttle.
The second critical timo whs
when American forces wore try
ing to make their Junction of
beachheads secure north of Cur
entan. This was a soft spot at
the, time becuusu It was a Junc
tion point between tho Ainorlcun
seventh corps on the Cherbourg
peninsula and the fifth corps on
tho central beachhead.
Tho general declared emphat
ically that he thought the enemy
now had lost his ciianco to drive
the allies back Into tho son and
that the beachhead now was ab
solutely secure, .
Since their landings. Amer
ican troops have captured and
evacuated 8500 prisoners, Brad
ley, said.
Using a twig from a beech
trco ax m pointer In tho manner
of a schoolmuslcr, Bradley out
lined the situation to corres
pondents. Ho estimated tho number of
Commit divisions In Franco to
bo In tho middle (ID'S, Willi 10
divisions or clement, fighting
iigulnst tho entire Nonnundy
brliliiehentl,
Tho uuneriil tleolurod Iho en
emy would ho unable to move
all 'his divisions in Franca Into
Iho Normandy front because de
fenses must be mnnnccl In other
parts of tho country, and gar
risons have to maintain control
of tho civilian population.
Hi ad toy also guvo high praise
to Iho navy's support ot tho as
sault troops, recall log Hint some
warships ran to within 0110 yards
of tho benches pouring sholltlro
Into enemy strnngpulnt. Ho al
so landed tho nlr forces which
kept the enemy's reserves from
funning In front of the nssuult
waves.
AFL Protests Use
Of Prisoner Labor'
KUGKNR. Juno ID WV- The
use of Gorman prisoner of wnr
for ennnory work and similar In
dustry was protested by the Ore
gon State Building and Con.
slruotlon Trades Council (AFL)
til Its annual convention yester
day. Charles Smith, AFL repre
sentative for Oregon, commend
ed ilelt'gntes for keeping their no
strike pledge.
WITH SABOTAGE
SUPRKME HKADQtlAnTKHH
A 1. 1, I K 1) KXI'KDITIONAUY
FOIICK, Juno II) ll') Kull scnU)
activity of French patriot forces
cpcrutliitf Inside Franco In gy.
lug complete! siinpnrt to the in
vasion by broad, planned aalio
Inge of German mil and road
communications, headquarters
declared todny In n npcclul com
munique, , 1
Bridges huvo been destroyed,
trains derailed, nl least 70 loco
motives sabotaged, and all road
and mil truffle has been slopped
In the tthono valley, tho bulle
tin said.
In direct fighting operations.
French patriots Imvn taken :i00
German prisoners, attacked gar
risons, fought their wuy
through streets and lit some
places have even occupied vil
lages, Think Rice Recaptures Soul
Hnmittran natives believe that
when n soul has deserted a body
through illness or fright, it may
be lured buck by strewing rice
grains,
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Corporal Alfred W. Craig, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Craig of
Klamath Falls, will return to the
United States this month from
the American theater of opera
tions, where he has served 22
months with the medical detach
ment. While on leave he will
stay at the home of his parents.
13U3 California, Klamath Falls.
AIR TRANSPORT COM
MAND BASE, INDIA A crew
at . this India-China Wing, Air
Transport Command, base recent
ly established what may be a
record, when it pulled an engine
from a C-47 transport plane, re
moved and replaced all acces
sories an another engine and
mounted it in 10 working hours.
Members of the crew were
Sgt. Jack Pearlman, Jersey City,
N. J., in charge; Sgt. J. C. White-
line, Klamath Falls, ore.; 5 sgt.
William A. Brown, Grapeland,
Tex, and Cpl. F. M. Ferguson,
Los Angeles, cam.
Whiteline's wife, Dorothy,
lives on Route 3, Klamath Falls.
Whiteline, who worked as a car
penter in Klamath Falls before
entering the army, has been over
seas since Oct. 23, 1943. He at
tended the Klamath Falls high
school for three years. . . .
A veteran of nazl bombing and
shelling off the Anzio, Italy,
beachhead, Frank He r m a n
Schneider, gunner's mate, third
class, USNR, has returned to his
base at the New Orleans, La.,
armed guard center after spend
ing the past eignt montns at sea
as a member of the naval gun
crew of a merchant ship, t was
reported today.
Schneider's-shin-was anchor
ed off Anzio for four days and
five nights discharging cargo and
was shelled intermittently by
long range nazi guns, and bomb
ed oauy oy jugu ciuuuui: uai
planes.
"It was rjlenty hot." he related.
"but we had a pocketful of
horseshoes and escaped without
damaee.
"In Naples harbor we caught
some more of the same. Several
waves of nazi bombers came over
at night to try to wipe out the
docks and shipping. We had
enough anti-aircraft batteries to
drive them off without too much
damaee. . .
Schneider is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hugo Schneider, 704
Delta Ave.. Klamath Falls, Ore
gon. Prior to entering naval ser
vice February ia, ma, ne was
employed by the Algoma Lum
ber Co., Algoma, uregon.
PETERSON FIELD, Colorado
Springs, Colo., June 14 (Special)
The promotion of PFC Clinton
L. Havens to the grade of cor
Doral was announced recently
at Peterson Field. Cpl. Havens
is assigned to the security sec
tion as a mail clerk. He is the
son of Mr; and Mrs. J. C. Hav
ens of Havens cafe in Bly, Ore.
Cpl. Havens after entering the
army in March of 194Z was as
signed to March Field, Calif.,
where he received training in
the photo laboratory.
He attended Grants Pass high
school in Oregon and following
school worked as a timber faller
for the Pelican Bay Logging com
pany in Chiloquin, Oregon.
AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER
STATION, England Promotion
of Charles T. Wright, 23, of
Klamath Falls, from sergeant to
staff sergeant has been an
nounced by Colonel William B.
David of Calhoun, Ga., command
ing officer of the Eighth AAF
Flying Fortress group with
which Sgt. Wright is a ball tur
ret gunner.
The flyer is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles S. Wright of
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